Oxidation and Reduction Oxidation and reduction reactions (redox) involve the loss and gain of electrons. Half-reactions are a way for us to keep track of how many electrons are gained or lost by a particular species during a chemical reaction. These half reactions can be useful in understanding how batteries work, and how other reactions that occur in your body and in nature work as well. Questions 1. In the model, are electrons lost or gained during oxidation

"among the transition metal elements, manganese and zinc have a slight lowering of electronegativities. the reason behind this is that the nuclear charges of these elements are slightly weaker than the other transition metal elements due to the way their valence electrons are filled up. both manganese and zinc have their valence electrons filled up to the 4th shell with 1 pair of electrons (4s2) completely occupying it. although the electrons in the 3rd shell (3d) are yet to be paired since the outer most shell is filled up, the ability of the nucleus to attract electrons is lessened. hence,   the electronegativity (or the ability to attract electrons) is lessened."

answer: cellular respiration takes in food and uses it to create atp, a chemical which the cell uses for energy. usually, this process uses oxygen, and is called aerobic respiration. it has four stages known as glycolysis, link reaction, the krebs cycle, and the electron transport chain.